Lucy Browning

Lucy married Enos Towne in 1814. Enos (son of Enos Towne and Elizabeth Moore) was born on 20 Jun 1786 in Barre, Washington, Vermont; died in Jun 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Warren C. Towne was born on 15 Sep 1815 in Barre, Washington, Vermont; died on 4 Nov 1895 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire; was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire.

Joseph married Lucy Sherman. Lucy (daughter of Asaph Sherman and Lucy Whitney) was born on 25 Aug 1766; died on 30 Aug 1851; was buried in Wilson Cemetery, Barre, Washington, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Rebecca Scott on 15 Jan 1756. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"A cousin of the celebrated Roger Sherman of Connecticut." [Genealogy of the Brownings in America, citation details below]

He served in the Revolution as a lieutenant in Colonel Ward's Massachusetts regiment.

Asaph married Lucy Whitney in 1762 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts. Lucy (daughter of Samuel Whitney and Elizabeth Hastings) was born on 27 Aug 1744 in Massachusetts; died on 13 Aug 1809 in Barre, Washington, Vermont; was buried in Wilson Cemetery, Barre, Washington, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Genealogy of the Brownings in America (citation details below):

The earliest record we have of James Browning is that he was born in the year 1672, in Scotland. Some of his descendants say that their branch of the family came originally from Barre, Eng. That may be so before they went to Scotland. He lived in Ardiston parish, Scotland, until his father’s family removed to the north of Ireland to the parish of Addstraw; when he took letters from his pastor, the Rev. Mr. Holliday, of Ardiston, Scotland, to the Rev. Mr. Haviland, of the Protestant Church, Addstraw, Ireland. Addstraw is about 10 miles from Londonderry, the place where the Protestants were closely besieged by the Catholics under King James II, and during the siege were reduced to the direst extremities. The siege was raised by an English vessel under Captain Michael Browning in 1688, who is said to have lost his life in the undertaking. He was probably an ancestor of Mr. James Browning. Mr. James Browning came to America about the year 1714, and settled at Rutland, Mass.

In 1721 he married Elizabeth Davis, and on May 24, 1728, they were received into the communion of the Church in Rutland, they both having brought letters of fellowship from their former pastor in Ireland. At the first legal town-meeting ever held in Rutland, he was elected one of the Titheing men, in 1722. His was one of the original 60 families who settled in Rutland, each family receiving a house lot of 30 acres. He owned Lot No. 53, and he and his sons afterward owned 800 acres in that district. A large pond, located in the present towns of Spencer and Oakum, formerly a part of Rutland, took its name from him and is still known as "Browning’s Pond." At least three of his sons took an active part in the great Revolutionary struggle. [...]

Mr. Browning was one of those who founded Barre, Mass., which is near Rutland, and was named after Barre, England. Later some families from Barre, Mass., moved into Vermont and founded the town of Barre there, near Montpelier, where at a later date, Ross C. Browning was born.

James married Elizabeth Davis in 1721. Elizabeth was born in of Scotland; died on 12 Mar 1791 in Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts

Notes:

From Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts (citation details below):

John Scott [...] was from the Scotch Covenanters of Ulster. He came among the first Scotch-Irish emigrants in 1718, or soon before. He must have brought with him more than most of tbe settlers, for he soon became one of the heaviest taxpayers of the town of Leicester, Massachusetts, where he bought land and made his home. His wife Martha and five or more children came with him. He bought his first land of the original proprietors of the town of Leicester. The original homestead which he settled upon remained in the hands of his descendants until 1850. It has been known to the present generation as the Grosvenor farm. The farm is situated in Auburn, formerly Ward, formerly Leicester.

John Scott was on the ministerial tax list dated December 7, 1727, as owning thirteen hundred and three acres of land, the largest amount of any person on the list. He paid the largest tax in 1735 and subsequent years. In his will he bequeaths a coat of armor, an indication that some ancestor had been a knight some generations before. His will is dated 1753, and it was allowed May 15 following.

John married Martha. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Mary Livermore on 31 Mar 1726 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Daniel Livermore and Mary Coolidge) was born on 6 Dec 1702 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Elizabeth Hastings on 8 Apr 1735 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph Hastings and Lydia Browne) was born on 4 Mar 1716 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 24 Oct 1800 in Marlboro, Windham, Vermont; was buried in Marlboro Center Cemetery, Marlboro, Windham, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Elizabeth Winship on 18 Nov 1673 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Lt. Edward Winship and Elizabeth Parke) was born on 15 Apr 1652 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Mary Coolidge on 28 May 1697 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of John Coolidge and Mary Wellington) was born on 27 Jun 1680 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 10 Dec 1702 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She died four days after the birth of her daughter Mary, of complications of childbirth.

Nathaniel married Mercy Robinson on 7 Nov 1695 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Mercy (daughter of William Robinson and Elizabeth Cutter) was born on 7 Aug 1676 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 31 Dec 1740 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Burying Place (also known as Old Watertown Cemetery), Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 7 Aug 1676, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Notes:

Her 7 Aug 1676 birth is recorded at both Newton and Cambridge.

Joseph married Lydia Browne on 2 Oct 1716 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Lydia (daughter of Capt. Abraham Browne and Mary Hyde) was born on 30 Dec 1697 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 5 Feb 1768 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arrived in 1634, with his mother, on the Elizabeth out of Ipswich. He was a magistrate and soldier, and held many public offices.

John married Martha Palmer before 1638. Martha (daughter of William Palmer) died on 7 Feb 1701 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 7 Feb 1700, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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• Alternate birth: of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Edward married Elizabeth Parke before 1652. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard Parke and Margery) was born about 1631; died on 19 Sep 1690 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 28 Dec 1700

Notes:

His epitaph gives his death date, evidently incorrectly, as 14 Jan 1690. He was a maltster in Watertown and had a grist mill on Chester Brook. Freeman 31 May 1671; surveyor in 1677, tithingman in 1679, selectman in 1684 and 1690.

Samuel married Anna Bridge on 4 Jun 1668 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Anna (daughter of Matthew Bridge and Anne Danforth) was born in 1646; died on 28 Aug 1727 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Between 1646 and 1647

Notes:

He was a carpenter; his service in King Philip's War appears to have consisted of building lodgings for soldiers in Brookfield in late 1675. Watertown selectman in 1684 and 1686-90.

John married Mary Wellington on 16 Sep 1679 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Roger Wellington and Mary Palgrave) was born on 10 Feb 1641 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 21 Jan 1691 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Sarah Hagar on 12 Mar 1673 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of William Hagar and Mary Bemis) was born on 3 Sep 1651 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 7 May 1746 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Farmers Burial Ground, Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 7 Mar 1746, Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Contrary to several online sources, there is no evidence that he was among the offspring of William (d. 1668) and Margaret Robinson or Dorchester.

William married Elizabeth Cutter about 1667. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard Cutter and Elizabeth) was born on 15 Jul 1645 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died before 1693. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

That the mother of Elizabeth Robinson who married Nathaniel Whitney was Elizabeth Cutter, daughter of Richard Cutter, was established in 1879 by William R. Cutter (citation details below), when he showed that on 2 Jan 1726/7, Nathaniel and Mary Whitney of Watertown quitclaimed their right in Richard Cutter's estate, being the right of their mother Elizabeth Robinson (alias Cutter) deceased.

Note that Richard Cutter had another daughter Elizabeth by his second wife; she married Nathaniel Hall of Medford in 1690, and is called "Elizabeth, now Hall" in Richard Cutter's will.

Michael Roman (citation details below) points out that this Elizabeth Cutter must have died by 1693 as she does not appear in William Robinson's will.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 4 Mar 1654, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

John married Abigail Hammond on 18 Jun 1679 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Lt. John Hammond and Abigail Salter) was born on 21 Jun 1658 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 7 Apr 1718 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 21 Jun 1656

Notes:

"The home the Browns used as a residence and inn is located at 562 Main Street, Watertown, MA--adjacent on the east is the Abraham Brown School. Known as the Abraham Brown Jr. House to distinguish the owner from his immigrant grandfather Abraham Browne, the house was built by 1690, and possibly as early as 1663, and an addition made to it in 1729. It remained in the Brown family until 1897, and is currently on the register of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. Gothic in construction, the restored house has a pilastered chimney believed to be similar to the original. The original house, the current North Hall, features a very large fireplace with a massive oak lintel, floors and walls of white pine, and ceiling beams of hewn oak. The Hall, used as residence and inn, is currently furnished with a canopied bed, a trestle table, bannister back chairs, and other 17th century furniture and utensils. A unique feature of the house is the use of three part casement window frames duplicated from a frame found during restoration--the earliest example of such a window found in New England." [America's Historic Houses and Restorations by Irvin Haas (New York, 1966)]\

Abraham married Mary Hyde about 1691. Mary (daughter of Job Hyde and Elizabeth Fuller) was born on 21 Jun 1673 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 29 Nov 1723 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]